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R v Woolmington

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D showed gun to wife, it went off and killed her - proof beyond reasonable doubt

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Hill v Baxter

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Act must be voluntary action - D ignored stop sign and crashed but claimed he was in automation

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State of affairs

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Offences where D is found in this particular circumstances, irrelevant of how they got there.

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State of affairs case

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Winzar v CC Kent
Police put drunk man out of hospital into their vehicle and arrested him one on the road for being drunk on the highway

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Exceptions of Positive Action Principle

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Omissions

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Omission by Contractual Duty

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R v Adomako
Anaesthetist failed to notice or check faulty breathing tube

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Omission by virtue of relationship

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R v Gibbins and Proctor
Parents failed to feed child who died of starvation

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Omission by Voluntarily taking care of another

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R v Evans
Teen heroin addict overdosed on heroin provided by half-sister and died after mum and sister failed to get help

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Omission by duty from holding a public office

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R v Dytham
D was policeman and failed to intervene in violent attack

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Omission by duty from Ds conduct

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R v Miller
D (squatter) started fire from cigarette in empty home and didn’t attempt to help

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‘But for’ test

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R v Pagett
D used girlfriend as human shield against policeman. She was shot and died.

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Novus Actus Interveniens -
Third party intervention

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R v Smith
Soldier stabbed another in lung, who was given incorrect treatment and died. Stab was overwhelming cause of death so original stabbed was guilty.

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Novia Actus Interveniens -
Act of Victim

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R v Roberts
Girl jumped from car to escape sexual advances and was injured from jump.

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Novus Actus Interveniens -
Natural but predictable act

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R v Blaue
Woman stabbed and declined blood transfusion for religious reasons (thin skull rule)

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Direct intent

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Obvious purpose
R v Mohan
D drives at policeman intending to scare/ injure him

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Oblique/ indirect intent

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Virtual certainty
R v Woolin
D throws baby against wall who dies - the death was a virtual certainty of his actions

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Recklessness

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R v Cunningham
D takes gas meter off wall to steal money inside. Gas leak injures neighbours.

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Oblique/ indirect intent test

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  1. Was the outcome a virtual certainty of Ds actions?
  2. Did D realise this?
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Subjective recklessness test

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  1. Was D aware of the risk?
  2. Did D take the risk anyway?
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Transferred Malice

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Same offence to different victim
R v Mitchell
D pushes old man who fell onto and injured old woman

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Strict liability offences

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Minor (no fault) offences which don’t require mens rea
Harrow v Shah and Shah
Ds owned newsagents and staff sold lottery tickets to under 16 year old despite being told not to repeatedly

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How are Strict liability offences established?

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  1. Judge starts with presumption that mens rea is required
  2. If act is not clear, judge looks for words to indicate mens rea
  3. Sweet v parsley principle means even if there are no words, judge presumes mens rea anyways
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Strict liability principle

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Sweet v Parsley
- even if there are no words in the act to indicate mens rea, judge will presume it is required for the offence

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Reasons for strict liability offences

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  1. save legal system time and money (lengthy prosecutions aren’t required)
  2. To deter potential offenders - they will be convicted despite circumstances
  3. Place onus on individuals to be responsible for their actions
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Contemporaneity principle

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Actus reus and men’s rea must both be present at the same time (coincidence)

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Exception of contemporaneity 1

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Continuing Act principle -
D commits AR without realising but continues after MR is formed
Fagan v met police
D drove into police foot and refused to get off

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Exception of contemporainety 2

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Single Transaction Principle
MR is well before AR
R v Church - D knocks partner out and throws body in river. She drowned and was alive when thrown into river

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Assault definition

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An act which causes another person to apprehend the infliction of immediate, unlawful force.

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‘An act’

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Omission will not suffice (Fagan)

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Logdon v DPP

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D points replica gun at V which caused V to apprehend immediate threat of violence

31
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Constanza

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D wrote hundreds of threat letters to V
- written words can be assault

32
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R v Ireland

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D made silent phone calls which caused psychological harm to 3 women

33
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R v Lamb

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D points gun at someone which they both believed to be unloaded - no apprehension

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Smith v CS Woking

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V saw D looking through window at night and apprehended immediate violence

35
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Tuberville v Savage

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Words can negate an assault
(Conditional threat)

36
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Intent or Reckless case

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R v Venna
Assault can be if D lashes/ kicks out (is reckless)

37
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R v Donovan

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Harm must be more than transient and trifling to be ABH

38
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R v Chan Fook

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ABH can include psychiatric harm

39
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Collins v Wilcock

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Everyday jostling will not suffice as battery

40
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R v Thomas

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Touching clothes can amount to battery

41
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R v Bollom

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Age of V is important in determining if injuries are grevious

42
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R v Dica/ R v Golding

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Transmitting STDs can be GBH

43
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R v Morrison

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Resisting arrest can amount to s.18 GBH

44
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Proposed definition for assault

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A person intentionally or recklessly causes another to think that any force or impact is or may be imminent, and the other doesn’t consent

45
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S.47 ABH reasons for reform

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  • out of date (no mental element or STD knowledge)
  • inconsistent (same max sentence for s.20 despite different outcomes)
  • wording (maliciously suggests ill-will to V)
46
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S.20 GBH reasons for reform

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  • out of date (no mental reference)
  • max sentence is same as s.47
  • s.20 says inflict, s.18 says cause
47
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Proposed definition for s.20 GBH

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Recklessly causing serious injury (with max sentence of 7 years)

48
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S.18 GBH proposed definition

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Intentionally causing serious injury (with max sentence of life)

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